What is the difference between a C# property with a getter and a property with an equals sign?

Question

What is the difference between these two properties:

public int Foo = 6;
public int Bar {get;} = 6

Here is a link to a working program that shows the output is the same: https://replit.com/@TomDane/GloriousDramaticScope#main.cs

using System;

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
      
      var someClass = new SomeClass();
      
      Console.WriteLine(someClass.PropertyWithEquals);
      Console.WriteLine(someClass.PropertyWithGetter);
      
    }
}

public class SomeClass {
    public int PropertyWithEquals = 6;
    public int PropertyWithGetter {get;} = 6;
}

The output of this is 6 and 6. If the output is the same, are there any other reasons to prefer one over the other?

@juharr and what is the practical reason for choosing one over the other in this example? The first is a public field. — TomDane, Mar 24 '21 at 21:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '21 at 21:29

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In real life, the result might be the same, but the first one Foo can be set, so it's equal to public int Foo {get; set;} while Bar cannot be set outside the class and it's already initialized

answered Mar 24 '21 at 21:29

Juan Medina

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What is the difference between a C# property with a getter and a property with an equals sign?

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